PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shin Gouki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Snuka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snuka has chosen Superfly by Curtis Mayfield as his entrance music. Shin Gouki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Gouki
vs
Snuka

169 cm
21
174 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

178 cm
23
180 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loan

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Shin Gouki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jimmy Snuka!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gouki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gouki misses with a kick to the body.
Snuka misses with a looping right.
Snuka works Gouki's body with a nice hook.

Snuka drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Snuka looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Snuka accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Snuka trying to control but Gouki is working from the bottom.
Gouki seems keen to control Snuka's posture.
Snuka connects with a couple of short punches.
Snuka trying to control but Gouki is working from the bottom.
Gouki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gouki working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Snuka.
Gouki is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Snuka stands up over Gouki, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Snuka with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gouki wants to stand and escape but Snuka is having none of it.
Snuka lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Snuka thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Snuka trying to control the position from guard on top but Gouki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Snuka with a flurry of punches that miss.
Snuka stays in close to Gouki's body and controls the position.
Snuka wants to control from the top but Gouki keeps moving.
Gouki controls Snuka momentarily but Snuka frees himself.
Gouki working a defensive guard but Snuka manages to pass into side control anyway.
Snuka is working Gouki over with some ground and pound from side control.
Gouki tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gouki wants to get back to his feet but Snuka is dominant here and he's now got Gouki's back!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snuka throwing damaging strikes from the back! Gouki could be in trouble here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Snuka scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Gouki looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Snuka lands shots from the back.
Gouki is really stuck here.
Gouki manages to reverse the position and now he's in Snuka's guard. Nice work there by Gouki.
Gouki would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Gouki postures up.
Snuka trying to control the position here.
Snuka is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Snuka content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Gouki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Snuka.
Snuka looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gouki with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Snuka seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gouki does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Snuka working Gouki over with strikes.
Gouki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Still in half guard, Snuka seems content to control.
Gouki on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Gouki looking for submissions off his back.

Gouki is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Snuka pulls his head out easily.
Gouki has hold of Snuka's hands but Snuka slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Snuka sitting and controlling from the half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Snuka lands a nice short elbow.

Snuka is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gouki is trying to stand back up but Snuka is controlling him
Snuka working over Gouki with some ground and pound. Gouki looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Snuka landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.

Gouki is rocked!
Snuka is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Oh Gouki is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gouki is looking to control Snuka's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gouki avoid being mounted?
Snuka lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Gouki quite badly. Gouki pulls Snuka in close trying to recover. Snuka postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Gouki on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Gouki doesn't seem to be complaining too much.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Snuka!
Jimmy Snuka took some time post fight to say the following; 'They call me... SUPERFLY! And anyone who thinks they can soar with me is bound to crash down!'.